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Land Tenure Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author : Steven Lawry,Rebecca McLain,Margaret Rugadya,Gina Alvarado,Tasha Heidenrich
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781000907780

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Land Tenure Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa by Steven Lawry,Rebecca McLain,Margaret Rugadya,Gina Alvarado,Tasha Heidenrich Pdf

This book examines the impacts of land tenure reform interventions implemented in Benin, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Zimbabwe. Since 2000, many African countries have introduced programs aimed at providing smallholder farmers with low-cost certificates for land held under customary tenure. Yet there are many contending views and debates on the impact of these land policies and this book reveals how tenure security, agricultural productivity, and social inclusion were affected by the interventions. It analyses the results of carefully selected, authoritative studies on interventions in Benin, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Zimbabwe and applies a realist synthesis methodology to explore the socio-political and economic contexts. Drawing on these results, the book argues that inadequate attention paid to the core characteristics of rural social systems obscures the benefits of customary tenure while overlooking the scope for reforms to reduce the gaps in social status among members of customary communities. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of land management and use, land and property law, tenure security, agrarian studies, political economy, and sustainable development. It will also appeal to development professionals and policymakers involved in land governance and land policy in Africa. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Land Tenure Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author : Steven Lawry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 1000907767

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Land Tenure Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa by Steven Lawry Pdf

"This book examines the impacts of land tenure reform interventions implemented in Benin, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Zimbabwe. Since 2000, many African countries have introduced programs aimed at providing smallholder farmers with low-cost certificates for land held under customary tenure. Yet there are many contending views and debates on the impact of these land policies and this book reveals how tenure security, agricultural productivity and social inclusion were affected by the interventions. It analyses the results of carefully selected, authoritative studies on interventions in Benin, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Zimbabwe and applies a realist synthesis methodology to explore the socio-political and economic contexts. Drawing on these results, the book argues that inadequate attention paid to the core characteristics of rural social systems obscures the benefits of customary tenure while overlooking the scope for reforms to reduce the gaps in social status among members of customary communities. The book will be of great interest to students and scholars of land management and use, land and property law, tenure security, agrarian studies, political economy and sustainable development. It will also appeal to development professionals and policymakers involved in land governance and land policy in Africa"-- Provided by publisher.

Land Tenure and Administration in Africa

Author : Lorenzo Cotula,Camilla Toulmin,Ced Hesse
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Land reform
ISBN : WISC:89076079516

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Land Tenure and Administration in Africa by Lorenzo Cotula,Camilla Toulmin,Ced Hesse Pdf

Consensus, Confusion, and Controversy

Author : Anonim
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780821364413

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Consensus, Confusion, and Controversy by Anonim Pdf

Land reform can be divided broadly into land tenure reform (the establishment of secure and formalized property rights in land) and land redistribution (the transfer of land from large to small farmers). This paper therefore is in two parts. The first part focuses on property rights, giving a short narrative of some of the key land tenure and land policy issues. Though these issues remain politically sensitive, a solid consensus is emerging on how to deal with them--but only once the confusion is cleared up surrounding private common property and formal and informal rights. The second part addr.

Agricultural Land Redistribution and Land Administration in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author : Frank Byamugisha
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464801884

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Agricultural Land Redistribution and Land Administration in Sub-Saharan Africa by Frank Byamugisha Pdf

Agricultural Land Redistribution and Land Administration in Sub-Saharan Africa: Case Studies of Recent Reforms focuses on “how” to undertake land reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa, but with relevant lessons for other developing countries. It provides details, with case studies, on how reforms were undertaken to address a pressing and controversial development challenge in Africa – land ownership inequality – and an intransigent development issue – inefficiency and corruption in land administration. An equally important contribution of the book is assessing reforms and highlighting valuable lessons for other countries contemplating reforms. The six case studies collectively cover two main areas of land governance: reforms in redistributing agricultural land and reforms in land administration. The first two case studies discuss reforms in redistributing agricultural land in Malawi and South Africa, part of the southern Africa region where land ownership inequalities rival those in Latin America. The remaining case studies, four in number, are focused on addressing corruption and inefficiency in land administration in a variety of contexts of governance including stable and post-conflict countries. The case studies cover: • Decentralizing land administration with demonstrations from Uganda, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Ghana; • Developing post-conflict land administration systems with examples from Liberia and Rwanda; • Re-engineering and computerizing land information systems with examples from Ghana and Uganda; and • Improving management of government land through land inventories with examples drawn from Ghana and Uganda. The common elements between sometimes disparate experiences provide lessons of relevance to African and other developing countries contemplating similar reforms. The rigorous analysis and yet down-to-earth lessons of experience are a reflection of the authors’ deep global experience underpinned by personal participation in the reforms covered by the book. This volume will be of interest to a wide audience including land specialists and practitioners, African policy makers, experts and managers in the international development community, and the academia.

Land Reform and Structural Adjustment in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author : Jean-Philippe Platteau
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9251030006

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Land Tenure Reform in Asia and Africa

Author : S. Holden,K. Otsuka,K. Deininger
Publisher : Springer
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137343819

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Land Tenure Reform in Asia and Africa by S. Holden,K. Otsuka,K. Deininger Pdf

Rural poverty remains widespread and persistent in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. A group of leading experts critically examines the impact of land tenure reforms on poverty reduction and natural resource management in countries in Africa and Asia with highly diverse historical contexts.

Securing Africa's Land for Shared Prosperity

Author : Frank F. K. Byamugisha
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780821398104

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Securing Africa's Land for Shared Prosperity by Frank F. K. Byamugisha Pdf

This is the first book on land administration and reform in Sub-Saharan Africa, and is highly relevant to all developing countries around the world. It provides simple practical steps to turn the hugely controversial subject of "land grabs� into a development opportunity by improving land governance to reduce the risks of dispossessing poor landholders while ensuring mutually beneficial investors’ deals. The book shows how Sub Saharan Africa can leverage its abundant and highly valuable natural resources to eradicate poverty by improving land governance through a ten point program to scale up policy reforms and investments at a cost of USD 4.5 billion. The book points out formidable challenges to implementation including high vulnerability to land grabbing and expropriation with poor compensation as about 90 percent of rural lands in Sub Saharan Africa are undocumented, but also timely opportunities since high commodity prices and investor interest in large scale agriculture have increased land values and returns to investing in land administration. It argues that success in implementation will require participation of many players including Pan-African organizations, Sub Saharan Africa governments, the private sector, civil society and development partners; but that ultimate success will depend on the political will of Sub Saharan Africa governments to move forward with comprehensive policy reforms and on concerted support by the international development community. Its rigorous analysis of land governance issues, yet down-to-earth solutions, are a reflection of Byamugisha's more than 20 years of global experience in land reform and administration especially in Asia and Africa. This volume will be of great interest to and relevant for a wide audience interested in African development, global studies in land, and natural resource management.

Revisiting land policy reforms in developing countries with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa

Author : Ghebru, Hosaena
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 21 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Revisiting land policy reforms in developing countries with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa by Ghebru, Hosaena Pdf

The impact of land tenure systems in developing countries on agricultural investment and productivity continues to be the subject of intense scrutiny. This paper looks at land policy reforms with emphasis on lessons from Africa south of the Sahara (SSA). Food security crises in developing countries in the past decades have revived the debate about whether land tenure systems constrain farmer innovation and investment in agriculture. Changes in tenure systems can potentially have major implications for agricultural transformation. This chapter summarizes the arguments about how best to provide land tenure security in SSA and reviews recent experience and evidence arising from innovative interventions, with implications for other developing regions as well. It is hoped that the experiences and topics analyzed here may also help Venezuela in the process of normalizing land tenure systems in that country.

Land Tenure and Livestock Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author : John William Bennett,Steven W. Lawry,James C. Riddell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Agricultural development projects
ISBN : WISC:89031413495

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Land Tenure and Livestock Development in Sub-Saharan Africa by John William Bennett,Steven W. Lawry,James C. Riddell Pdf

African Land Questions, Agrarian Transitions and the State

Author : Sam Moyo
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9782869782020

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African Land Questions, Agrarian Transitions and the State by Sam Moyo Pdf

This empirically grounded study provides a critical reflection on the land question in Africa, research on which tends to be tangential, conceptually loose and generally inadequate. It argues that the most pressing research concern must be to understand the precise nature of the African land question, its land reforms and their effects on development. To unravel the roots of land conflicts in Africa requires thorough understanding of the complex social and political contradictions which have ensued from colonial and post-colonial land policies, as well as from Africa's 'development' and capital accumulation trajectories, especially with regard to the land rights of the continent's poor. The study thus questions the capacity of emerging neo-liberal economic and political regimes in Africa to deliver land reforms which address growing inequality and poverty. It equally questions the understanding of the nature of popular demands for land reforms by African states, and their ability to address these demands under the current global political and economic structures dictated by neo-liberalism and its narrow regime of ownership. The study invites scholars and policy makers to creatively draw on the specific historical trajectories and contemporary expression of the land and agrarian questions in Africa, to enrich both theory and practice on land in Africa.

Thirsting for Credible Commitments

Author : Martin Sjöstedt
Publisher : Department of Political Science Goteborg University
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015075621261

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Thirsting for Credible Commitments by Martin Sjöstedt Pdf

Consensus, Confusion, and Controversy

Author : Rogerius Johannes Eugenius van den Brink
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105121972116

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Consensus, Confusion, and Controversy by Rogerius Johannes Eugenius van den Brink Pdf

This publication examines issues relating to i) land tenure reform (the establishment of secure and formalised property rights in land) and ii) redistributive land reform (the redistribution of property rights in land from large to small farmers). The study highlights the case of South Africa because it is argued that success there would have significant regional and international implications for land redistribution; and it outlines a policy framework for redistributive land reform.